Childbirth

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28)

The stork is a symbol of childbirth. Many parents tell their children that the stork brought them or their brother or sister to avoid talking about sex and reproduction. Just about every child asks the pointed questions of where they came from or where their brother or sister came from. In many children's fairy tales the stork brings the newborn baby to its mother and father. One fairy tale movie that shows the stork is the Walt Disney movie Dumbo.